{"id":426794,"date":"2021-12-09T15:06:54","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T13:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=426794"},"modified":"2021-12-09T15:07:52","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T13:07:52","slug":"google-launches-android12l-beta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/426794-google-launches-android12l-beta.html","title":{"rendered":"Google launches Android12L beta"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google has released the first beta of Android 12L<\/a><\/strong>, a version of its latest mobile operating system made for big-screen devices like tablets and foldables.<\/p>\n

Google claims the update improves the Android 12 experience on larger displays.<\/p>\n

“We’ve optimised and polished the system UI for large screens, made multi-tasking more powerful and intuitive, and improved our compatibility support for apps, so they look better by default,” it stated.<\/p>\n

Among the notable improvements is the notification shade making better use of extra screen space by showing Quick Settings and notifications in a two-column layout.<\/p>\n

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Quick Settings and notifications in a two-column layout<\/p><\/div>\n

Google has also moved the lock screen pattern and PIN controls on tablets to the side of the screen to make them easier to reach.<\/p>\n

Multi-tasking capabilities in split-screen mode have improved with a new taskbar that allows for easier launching and switching between apps.<\/p>\n

The taskbar can be summoned or hidden using a long press, and users can drag and drop apps directly from the taskbar onto their chosen screen side.<\/p>\n

Alternatively, they can use a new “Split” action in the overview to instantly enter split-screen mode.<\/p>\n

In addition, Google said that all apps will now be allowed to enter multi-window mode, regardless of whether they are resizable.<\/p>\n

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New Android 12L taskbar and the drag and drop feature<\/p><\/div>\n

Google said it has also improved visuals and stability in compatibility mode, which is for apps that are not yet optimised for large-screen devices.<\/p>\n

It has also provided a handful of developer APIs to help developers add support for the new features in their apps.<\/p>\n

For a full list of new features available on Android12L, visit the Android 12L developer information page<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Google has released the first beta of Android 12L, a version of its latest mobile operating system made for large-screen devices like tablets and foldables.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341042,"featured_media":426798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17934,16],"tags":[74928,74940,167,74930,639],"class_list":["post-426794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-smartphones","category-software","tag-android-12l","tag-foldables","tag-google","tag-mobile-operating-system","tag-tablets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426794"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341042"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426794"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":426850,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426794\/revisions\/426850"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}